Livestock going under the hammer at Stirling

Caledonian Marts Ltd, Stirling, had forward 402 store and breeding cattle on Monday.

Bullocks ave 220ppkg, selling to 268.5ppkg for a pen of Charolais from Gilmour Farms and to £1,200 for Simmentals from Craighead, Stirling.

Heifers ave 209ppkg selling to 240p for Limousins from Bowridge and to £1,100 for Charolais from Balcachie.

Store bulls sold to 262p from Keirsbeath Farms and to £980 from the same home.

Black and white bullocks ave 149p selling to 195p from Macrindleston Farm and to £760 from the same home.

Bullocks – £1,180, £1,160 and £1150 East Kerse; £1,150 Wester Braco and Craighead; £1,140 Craighead, Crosshill and East Kerse; £1,130 East Kerse; £1,110 Shutterflat, Shortrigg and East Kerse.

Heifers – £1,080 Bowridge; £1,060 East Kerse; £1,050 Hillhead (Imrie); £1,030 Wester Braco; £1,010 Spittal; £1,000 The Acres.

Black and whites – £650 Powguild; £640 Knocknain.

Bulls – £920, £900 and £870 Keirsbeath; £860 and £850 Keirsbeath.

Also sold 842 store hoggets and feeding ewes.

Top price of the day went to Balcachie for a pen of Texel Hoggets at £88.

Feeding ewes sold to £57 for a Texel X from Roseberry Estates. Leading prices: Beltex £78 Glenhead; Texel £76 Wester Whitefield; Texel X £75.50, Dechmont; Beltex X £74, Dechmont; Cross £70 Glenhead; Cont £69 Stronmagachan (Inverary); Cont X £68 Gryffewraes and Auchtenny; BF £58.50 Gartside; BF X £56 Kinrara Estates.

Feeding ewes – Mule £56 Murray Park; Texel £55 Wester Culbowie; BF £42 Kinrara Estates.